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The USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program gets mixed reviews from sweet potato growers across the country.

The California Kiwifruit Administrative Committee, Sacramento, is conducting grower elections.

The Produce for Better Health Foundation has been chosen as the recipient of FLM Harvest’s 2020 Seed to Succeed pro bono program.

Prima Wawona peaches involved in a recall in the U.S. and Canada because of salmonella were shipped to more than a dozen other countries.

Food and Drug Administration official Mark Moorman acknowledges that the “smarter” era of food safety has not yet arrived.

The Produce Marketing Association’s weekly Town Hall discussion focuses on gender equality and benefits to the industry.

John Lyons, director of sales at Alpine Fresh, Miami, is retiring after 30 years at the company.

The California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement has made more than 50 changes to rules as the group continues a review of its practices following E. coli outbreaks in recent years.

Melon grower and marketer Legend Produce, Scottsdale, Ariz., has hired Brian Faseler as a sales associate.

There should be plentiful supplies of fruit available from California this fall thanks to ample volume of table grapes and new, later varieties of what once was considered “summer” fruit.